I'm so glad that I stumbled across all of these comments about these yucky white balls in our throats! I currently have one the size of a small pea on the left side of my throat. I've been gargling regular water, putting my finger back there to get it out but haven't been successful.i gag very easily so it's been stuck there for over a week!! How can doctors not have come up with a way to get rid of these?!?!?